Debra J. Saundershttp://www.mysanantonio.com/author/debra-saunders/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/The-All-Trump-election-10603289.php
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I voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson in the general election. [...] yet I have had this dark presence that has shadowed me. Wherever I have gone, I have been put in the position of explaining or defending Trump by people who saw it as my duty to denounce The Donald. On the radio and speaking appearances, it has fallen to me to explain to Bay Area audiences why someone who is not a complete idiot would vote for Trump. To mention that Trump is preferable on regulation, Obamacare or the U.S. Supreme Court was to invite scorn. Never once did I see a reporter demand that Democrats disclose if they would vote for Clinton even though she set up a home-brew server for State Department emails, then deleted thousands of those emails after they were under subpoena. Trump, Trump. On panels, it has been my job to watch liberals excoriate Trump as a racist, sexist bigot. Sure, they winked, he won the Neanderthal GOP primary, but he could never win the popular vote. If the election is tight, on the other hand, both sides learn nothing and just go back to their corners. Most people in the press never thought Clinton’s baggage would hurt her chances. Me. I thought Hillary Clinton would be a terrible president. [...] guess what: Email: dsaunders@sfchronicle.com. ]]>
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article9223554Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:00:00 UThttp://blog.sfgate.com/djsaunders/2016/09/13/buy-a-grocery-bag-go-to-hell/
blogPost1867665Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:47:12 UThttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/His-and-her-baskets-of-unhealthy-deplorables-9218405.php
article9218405Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:00:00 UThttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/Prop-67-continues-Sacramento-s-war-on-free-9213943.php
article9213943Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:00:00 UThttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/Big-headlines-make-bad-laws-9208763.php
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[...] when Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced former Stanford student Brock Turner, now 21, to six months in jail — he served only three months — for sexually assaulting a woman who was too inebriated to consent to sex in 2015, California lawmakers did not hesitate. Wetterling’s disappearance spawned the 1994 national sex offender registry, advocated by Jacob’s mother, Patty, and signed by President Bill Clinton. While critics say Persky went easy on Turner because he was a white Stanford student, Turner in fact will be serving a life sentence as a registered sex offender. When convicted killers get out of prison, they face fewer restrictions than many convicted sex offenders like Turner. “Few new public policies have become so widespread so quickly or attracted such unanimous support from across the political spectrum,” Eli Lehrer of the libertarian-leaning R Street Institute wrote in National Affairs. Lehrer also argued “blanket residency restrictions” — such as California’s restrictions on living near schools or day care centers — “simply do not serve any valid public-safety purpose.” Prosecutors had charged Turner with sexual assault because he digitally penetrated the victim before two passersby intervened. ]]>
Wed, 7 Sep 2016 22:00:00 UThttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/Presidential-pardons-not-just-for-low-level-9200974.php
article9200974Fri, 2 Sep 2016 21:00:00 UThttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/saunders/article/Obama-s-rush-job-on-mercy-9196282.php
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